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Too old for radio 1, too young for radio 2
andys corner
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Ok so anyone who feels radio 1 and 2 isn't for them what do you listen to instead?
Why are these stations not for you? Wish they were or is it a decision to listen elsewhere irrespective of the output?
Why are these stations not for you? Wish they were or is it a decision to listen elsewhere irrespective of the output?
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[a] too much chat
personalities who ' think they are good DJs '
I listen to radio 1, I'm mid 30s but I don't feel too old for it. This morning for example, Grimmy's mixtape had mostly loads of late 90s/early 00s dance in it, from my going-out era, so felt perfectly on target for me!
R2 I feel way too young for though, my mother listens to that and she's in her mid 60s.
So i naturally migrated to R2, but there's still a lot on there i dont like. Especially Steve Wright.
Now its only DAB stations for me. Planet Rock, Classic Rock, Absolute 80's/90's, Smooth 70's, LBC...... in fact DAB has really upped my radio listening time.
Ah thought the name rang a bell.
On another thread recently yo said you like Real XS which sounds like it plays Classic Rock (AC/DC).
Radio 2 can surprise does play some classic Rock, maybe as an AC/DC.person, you see Bon Jovi as a little soft. but the Radio 2 had a Bon Jovi day and live concert recently.
Maybe your not to old for Radio 2, just your music tastes re not broad enough. Radio 2 caters for people from 30-110.
Daytime it aims at a average 55 year old, but plays stuff that some 30 year olds would like. On the other hand, my dad late 70's might like a track and a 30 year old will not like it,
Lucky if your in Manchester Area with Real XS, XFM you have more options than most ares for commercial radio. Some of which targets 30 somethings. Isn't Smooth, Capital, Key 103 and Real on FM as well.
Here we have Heart,
Sp radio 2 becomes default choice om FM.
DAB is better, but drains batteries (useless for portable radio at work) and not in enough cars.
BBC cannot cater for everyone all the time, but caters for everyone some of the time.
But i certainly couldn't listen to R2 all day, every day.... like i used to with R1.
I love 6music. Adam and joe, Stephen merchant, Russell brand etc.
I just wish that presenters would stick around more.
Bon jovi is my mum's music, I spent most of my childhood being treated to/ tortured by their music. I like real xs as the classic end of rock is like comfortable slippers to me, I am more of a britpop/post punk/indie sort of person, plus the dj's make me laugh, especially mike Sweeney and dewsbury, I didn't expect to like Sweeney as I remember him from the days my dad used to tune into picadilly 1152 gold. We have a lot of stations here, capital is bog standard as it is anywhere, key 103 is a little bit better, real is again standard as it is elsewhere (when I listen at drivetime they seem to advertise a lot, especially sky tv at the moment) tower fm is our nearest station, but doesn't cover a huge area.
Xfm is not as good as it was, an unusual one we have is the revolution, the station Steve penk bought, anyone from up north that is between about 28 and 50 remembers him, back in the days that key 103 had Manchester covered in terms of audience they had Steve penk on breakfast and he was awesome.
I did something similar, I joined digitalspy in 05 and was working somewhere that was selling freeview boxes (I worked doing the returns) and radio was a bit naff, I enjoyed q, kerrang and 6 music. I got a dab hifi in 08 and I really enjoy a few stations, can't justify the 3 figure of a dab stereo upgrade in a y reg focus though
I won't ever be a radio 2 listener full time, not by a long shot but hopefully they will have an early 90s episode with some less well known hits that were forgotten
I bought a new Focus a couple of years ago, that has a DAB radio as standard. Now i have so much choice of different stations and different music, that i dont even have my CD's in the car anymore.
I totally recommend having a DAB radio fitted in a car.
I have listened to bits of Jeremy Vine's show on my lunch break at work and Dave Pearce's show on Saturday nights but other than that I don't generally listen to Radio 2.
I like the idea of a "Radio 1.5" which has been mentioned on here before!
Trouble is Radio 2 DJ's are bordering on unlistenable. Chris Evans when he started was trying hard to keep the Wogan listeners but now he is getting painful at times and so I too am looking for something new. Shame I don't have DAB so I am stick with Radio 2 or some other station with bad adverts on the radio alarm.
It's still obsessed with Guitar music and gagging for it to come back. Thus aiming itself at cash-rich festival going thirty somethings rather than pop loving teens who will, if they listen to radio, be tuning into Kiss and Capital.
I feel that it fills the gap between R1 and R2, and if the presenters shut up a bit I may actually stay tuned to this station for a while.
The R1 DJs are starting to sound more and more vapid (a sure sign that I'm getting too old for their target) but I'm still interested in listening to the newer pop, r'n'b and guitar lead music on offer.
R2 seems too old, do they ever play Skrillex or Jay-Z etc? Every time I've listened the music is too much based in the past.
Where do us R1.5ers get covered in the BBC radio stations?
Not sure whether it's because they talk for longer or they talk faster, but 6Music presenters sure like to talk a lot.
Lauren Laverne's first link yesterday morning was only (!) two-and-a-half minutes long but it sounded a lot longer. Talking loud and saying nothing, as the song goes.